Undefeated superstars collide when Floyd Mayweather Jr. attempts to turn back the challenge of the man expected to be the future of boxing, Saul Alvarez. Mayweather makes easy work of Alvarez, pitching a virtual shutout against the naturally bigger man, but the judges inexplicably score the fight a majority decision as Mayweather retains his undefeated status.

They were both definitely Mayweather rounds, Alvarez had a better second than first, and a better sixth than he did eighth, possibly he could have won one of these rounds, but not both, and maybe none of the first eight.

Mayweather dominated this fight.
The judging for this fight was terrible, 114-114 is one of the worst I've ever seen, 116-112, it may not look bad next to 114-114, but that without doubt, off accuracy.

This was a very negative fight, a chess match, a kind of fight in which the winner really shows his experience and great know how in the ring, it wasn't so much what he physically did himself, it was what he made Saul Alvarez physically unable to do, he negated his attributes and strengths, and ultimately, he nullified the younger man. Mayweather and Alvarez threw a similar amount of punches in the first 6-8 rounds of the fight, it was interesting how physically small Mayweather's movements seemed, it was about intelligence, timing, and immense skill. It was interesting to me, how Mayweather was able to score so cleanly on his oppponent with the jab and right hand in particular, and Alvarez, though not swinging and missing badly, seemed to only catch the arms, and when he did land clean, most of the time, Mayweather was able to ride shots and take all the force of them.

Mayweather decisively won 6-8 of the first 8 rounds, and round 11, the other three in the last quarter could have gone either way, I think Mayweather by 6-10 points. Mayweather was intelligent not to take unnecessary risks and push for every round, he was sensible and showed he had it in the tank, when he took that eleventh, but he knew, legitimately, he was easily, easily, far enough ahead not to have needed the last round, but even that could have gone his way.

I think it was one of them, I liked how he made Canelo miss by as little as possible, so he was in range to land his own punches, and he could land with a lot leverage. I thought this fight was very deceiving to the uneducating eye, it did look to some as if Canelo was landing when he in fact wasn't, and he touched Mayweather clean on target fairly often, but some don't realise that when all those shots are telegraphed, some don't even land at all, and the shots which are all glancing blows are all reduced in power and accuracy by Mayweather, they are not a sign of genuine success, or not much, at all!, I think many people under appreciated the quality of Mayweather's work in this fight, and I see why, but we rely on professional judges to see through the deception of Alvarez's efforts, and take missed success into account, I think all three were wrong with there scores, Alvarez did not win 4 rounds, but I mean a draw, to this day, I can't think of many scorecards which I've seen that are worse than that.

He was fighting a guy 13 years younger than him, naturally bigger, stronger, and it was just another masterclass from Mayweather, I did feel sorry for Alvarez, he tried his best, he tried to be clever in the earlier rounds, tried to use his physical strength in the later rounds, and none of it worked. After this fight, I didn't see anyone in or around his weight, that could cause Mayweather any trouble at all.